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Don’t Shop at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is generally accepted as an evil company. Destroying this empire will bring nothing but good things for everyone involved. Competitors, suppliers, local communities, Wal-Mart employees and taxpayers in general lose out thanks to Wal-Mart’s business practices. An outright boycott of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Equality, Ethics, For Fun, Society
Tagged Economy, Small Businesses, Society, Wal-Mart
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More Regulation Needed
This week we are supposed to complain about something we don’t like about Bucknell. While there are a number of legitimate issues I have with the school that concern a wide range of students, I’m going to complain about a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Equality, Ethics, For Fun, Uncategorized
Tagged bucknell, equality, Greek System
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Questions for 11/3
1.) In the case of Kiva.org, does the possibility of lending to more small businesses in developing countries through interest bearing loans outweigh the hypocrisy of “making money off of the poor?” Why or why not? 2.) Based on Rorty’s … Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street
The rapid expansion of the Occupy Wall Street movement has been staggering and surprising. Despite initial doubts and dismissals, the movement has spread to countries all around the world and to cities big and small. The question still remains … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Equality, Ethics, Government, Social Science, Society
Tagged corporate responsibility, justice, Occupy Wall Street, protests
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Illegal Immigration
For my final paper I was considering researching illegal immigration and its effects on the economy. Prior to my research for the paper, my understanding of the debate was that those who support tougher regulations on immigration felt that illegal immigrants take … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Class, Government, Social Science, Society
Tagged illegal immigration, social benefits, Unemployment
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Successful Protests
Watching Lewisburg’s Occupy Wall Street protests this weekend I couldn’t help but compare it other recent protests that I’ve witnessed. Last Fall in London I got a front row seat to watch the British university students protest the increases in university … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Government, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Occupy Wall Street, protests, Violence, Wall Street
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Economic Downturn and the MLB
This week I read a blog from the bucknellorgtheory09 blog about how the economic downturn was affecting ticket sales at New Yankees Stadium. http://bucknellorgtheory09.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/how-the-economy-is-affecting-professional-sports-mlb/ I agree that the current state of the economy certainly deterrs some people away from luxuries … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, For Fun
Tagged baseball, Economy, Phillies, Professional Sports, Recession, Yankees
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Just Do It Already
It was 13 years ago when Phil Knight announced that Nike was going to require all of its contract factories to follow a more stringent set of labor practices. These new standards included a higher minimum worker age, a lower … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cases (Real World), Ethics, Uncategorized
Tagged Business Ethics, labor abuse, Nike
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Flawed Economics
One of the more interesting articles from class in my opinion was Paul Krugman’s article “How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?” In the article, Krugman asserts that the biggest blunder economists made prior to the economic collapse in 2008 … Continue reading
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Too Big to Fail
I personally hate the excuse that a company is too big to fail. I’ll admit, some companies are so large and such major players in so many different industries that it would be very bad for our economy if they … Continue reading
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Tougher Regulations Needed
Recently the American economy has been hectic to say the least. Huge corporations that are staples of our economy have been going bankrupt, getting acquired, and getting bailed out by the government and tax payers. The great recession was set … Continue reading
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